The eyes of those who performed well suddenly lit up, while those who performed poorly were about to cry.

Zhao Ruxi ignored these words, returned to the front yard, and said these words to Ma Sheng as well.

Then she discovered that the mental states of the two teams were completely different from before.

"The girl is amazing." Gao Weiqiang couldn't help but praise.

"Qing Feng, you and Lu Bo go to buy meat." Zhao Ruxi walked out, "Uncle Gao, Dianjiang, follow me to Zhuangzi."

Gao Weiqiang and Dian Jiang quickly followed her.

After leaving the house and walking a few steps toward the village, they saw Qian Duoduo standing on a field stem with a sad face, looking at the mountains in the distance in a daze.

Zhao Ruxi coughed twice.

When Qian Duoduo heard the voice, he turned around and saw that it was Zhao Ruxi. He quickly saluted her: "Girl."

"What are you doing here?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

"Girl..." Qian Duoduo didn't know if he had put his hand into the field just now, and his hand was stained with mud. Now he was nervous, he wiped his face with his hand, and a muddy mark suddenly appeared on his face.

mark.

But he didn't seem to notice it yet, and muttered: "Old slave...Old slave is pulling weeds here, haha..."

Zhao Ruxi did not expose him and said: "I haven't seen the servants of Zhuangzi since I took him in. Now that I have time to see them, you can call them all."

Qian Duoduo was stunned for a moment, then nodded sharply: "Okay, okay, I'll go right now." After saying that, he ran away.

"Let's go back." Zhao Ruxi returned to the house and did not go in. Instead, she asked Gao Weiqiang to bring out a stool and sit down in front of the door.

In front of the door, there is a road paved with bluestone slabs that can accommodate a carriage. On both sides of the road are compacted open spaces, with only some weeds growing here and there. From the looks of it, the previous owner must have stayed here specifically to see the village.

Servant.

After a while, a group of people came over one after another. The clothes they were wearing were no better than what Zhao Ruxi saw Granny Li was wearing that day. They were covered in patches; most of them were yellow and thin, and you could tell at a glance that they were

Chronic malnutrition.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ruxi felt very bad.

Qian Duoduo was afraid that the servants would not respond appropriately, so he ran back quickly after calling someone.

Seeing that Zhao Ruxi's face was not good-looking, he glanced at the servants uneasily and found nothing wrong. Then he walked up to Zhao Ruxi and said with a shy smile: "Girl, there are a few children who have gone up the mountain. The others

It’s all here.”

"How old are those children?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

"They are all five or six-year-old children who can't do things yet, so they help the family go to the mountains to collect some firewood and dig some wild vegetables."

Zhao Ruxi nodded and saw that the number of old, middle-aged and young people in the crowd was about the same. She said: "Yesterday I bought a group of people. I think everyone knows about it, right? I want to use people. There is no reason to just buy them from outside. No

Give our own people in Zhuangzi a chance. Now everyone between the ages of thirteen and twenty has stepped forward. Let me see how many there are. I plan to select some of you and train with them. If you do well,

You can go outside and help me do business."

Then she added: "Everyone between the ages of thirteen and twenty, regardless of gender, whether married or not, should come forward."

The servants of the village were probably a little timid because they had not seen many outsiders. Zhao Ruxi said that except for two who stood up hesitantly, the others did not move. The two who stood up were very frightened when they saw that everyone did not move.

, and quickly shrank back.

When Qian Duoduo saw him, he became extremely anxious.

He has been hanging around the house these two days. Why? Is it because of these children?

He took a quick look and found that this new master was kind-hearted. He only took three small bamboo baskets worth two pence and gave Po Li three pieces of silver. This showed that he was a kind-hearted person.

If Zhao Ruxi didn't buy someone, or if he didn't know about it, then that would be fine. But seeing her buying a group of servants and walking them around in the house, Qian Duoduo's heart moved.

.

He hoped that Zhao Ruxi could give the children a way out. No matter how many opportunities there were, even if it was just one, it would give the village servants hope so that they would not stay here for generations and live through difficult days that could never end.

The gods will be worn away.

But now that the opportunity was right in front of him, these people were still dawdling, which really pissed him off.

He shouted at the crowd: "Why are you standing there? Didn't you hear what the girl said? Come forward quickly. Youyu, Youyu, Dazhu, Shuanzi, Niudan, Linshun..."

He started calling people one by one.

Those who were called were obedient and stood up. Those who were not called also followed suit.

Dianjiang was much smarter than Qingfeng in doing things. Without Zhao Ruxi having to explain, she quickly counted the number of people and said to Zhao Ruxi: "Girl, there are fifty-one in total."

Zhao Ruxi nodded and said to the fifty-one people: "Which of you is willing to follow me out to do business? If you are willing, take a step forward and line up in front of the small tree. If you are not willing, just stand still and don't move.

Okay. I only give you ten breaths of time."

Afraid that these people were illiterate, she said: "That's one, two, three, four..." She slowly counted the ten characters and reminded, "If you count to ten and don't stand up, I assume that you are unwilling. From now on.

Don't come to me to beg for mercy again, I won't be accommodating anymore."

She said to Dianjiang: "Dianjiang, count."

Qian Duoduo's heart was raised, and he was about to yell at these children when Zhao Ruxi stopped him: "Qianzhuang Boss, shut up, just stand there and don't move. Life is theirs, and they don't know how to fight for it.

What's the use of being anxious?"

Qian Duoduo had no choice but to put back the words he said, his face turned red from holding back, but his heart was extremely anxious. On a cold mid-autumn morning, he suddenly broke out in sweat on his forehead.

When Zhao Ruxi saw this, he was very satisfied with Qian Duoduo, the head of the village.

Being able to think about the people in Zhuangzi and worry about their fate, this old man is really quite good, at least he is a good person.

Dianjiang counted the numbers there very conscientiously, neither too fast nor too slow: "One, two, three..."

At the count of four, a young man and a teenager finally stood next to the small tree that was half a man tall. Seeing that someone was taking the lead, and being urged by their parents behind them, the others hurriedly lined up.

When Dianjiang counted to eight, there were still a dozen young men and women in the same place. Most of them were dressed as girls and wives, and three of them had big bellies. A pregnant woman standing at the edge was looking anxiously.

He urged the husband beside him to come forward, but the man was very hesitant and finally stood at the end of the line when he counted to ten.
Chapter completed!